Mauritania’s national security directorate (DGSN) has seized the passport of former leader Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, who is being investigated for state...

Ex-Mauritanian leader summoned by police for hearing
Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz showed up Monday before the police for hearing as part of investigations into corruption and publi...

Mauritania: New cabinet lineup unveiled
Mauritania Monday unveiled the new cabinet lineup marked by the exit all former ministers who served under ex-President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz and who...

Mauritania: Police seizes passports of three top ex-officials of former President Ould Abdelaziz
The Mauritanian police in charge of economic affairs has confiscated the passports of three high ranking officials who worked under former President M...

Mauritania: Investigations ordered against ex-leader Abdelaziz over corruption, mismanagement allegations
Mauritania’s top prosecution Thursday said it ordered an investigation against former President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz and his entourage after it rece...

Mauritania: Resignation of first government of Ghazouani era, new PM named
Mauritania has a new Prime Minister. It is Mohamed Ould Bilal, appointed Thursday afternoon, a few hours after the resignation of the government of Is...

COVID-19: Morocco’s medical aid starts arriving in African beneficiary countries
The flights carrying the medical aid that Morocco decided to grant to several African countries at the order of King Mohammed VI to assist them cope w...

Morocco to help Mauritania counter Covid-19
Morocco is planning to ship medical aid to Mauritania and share its anti-coronavirus expertise with its southern neighbor, the Mauritanian foreign min...

Algeria’s self-defeating commercial strategy in the Sahel
Algeria has been pushing above its weight announcing ambitions to enter the Sahel market without having prepared the necessary infrastructure and comp...

Mauritania reports 141 cases one month after it was declared coronavirus-free
Total coronavirus cases have risen in Mauritania to 141, a month after it declared that it became coronavirus-free after seven recoveries and one deat...